Reference for Moed Katan 42:12

והא מדקתני משיב מכלל דשיילינן ליה דלא ידעי

he is not allowed to call at his house to tender him [there,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not to embarrass the second wife.');">¹⁶</span> words of] consolation; if he meets him in the street he expresses [his condolence] to him in a low voice and with downcast looks!'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'with faint lip and heavy head', so as to avoid giving the impression of being cynical. l This Baraitha thus teaches that within the thirty days one may not greet a mourner, which is in opposition to the ruling of the former Baraitha that the mourner himself is permitted to exchange greetings once the seven days are over].');">¹⁷</span>

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